Concern

Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450150735 · Hy-Vee · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450150735 · Serving size 4 PIECES (88 g)

The verdict

Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni by Hy-Vee scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Bagel, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

50150735 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 25% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Mama mary's, gourmet · ±0 BOOK-OFF …150735 · July 2026

13 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 50150735 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni · Nearest score peer is Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pepperoni topped with moz…55/1002. Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mama mary's, gourmet pizz…55/1003. PEPPERONI: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. PEPPERONI55/1004. Cracker Cuts Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cracker Cuts Pepperoni55/1005. Cracker Cuts Genoa Salami: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cracker Cuts Genoa Salami55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni (55/100 on 42 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni
55/100
Mama mary's, gourmet pizza sauce, pepperoni
55/100
PEPPERONI
55/100
Cracker Cuts Pepperoni
55/100
Cracker Cuts Genoa Salami
55/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni scores 38.6 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 75th percentile a longer ingredient list than 75% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (75th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,283 Meals products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Bagel
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Whole Wheat Flour
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Yeast
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Soybean Oil
16
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
17
Soy Protein Isolate
18
Dried Vinegar
19
Preservative
20
Tomato Sauce
21
Tomato Paste
22
Spices
23
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
24
Black Pepper
25
Organic Basil
26
Mozzarella Cheese
27
Pasteurized Milk
28
Nonfat Milk
29
Cultures
30
Enzymes
31
Pepperoni
32
Pork
33
Beef
34
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
35
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
36
Oleoresin Of Paprika
37
Flavoring
38
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
39
BHA
Avoid GRAS
40
BHT
Caution GRAS
41
Citric Acid. May Contain Less Than 2% Of Sodium Ascorbate
42
Oregano

Full Ingredient List

Bagel (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {b1}, riboflavin {b2}, folic acid], water, whole wheat flour, contains less than 2% of the following: sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, salt, soybean oil, modified wheat starch, soy protein isolate, vinegar [preservative]), tomato sauce (water, tomato paste, spices [sugar, salt, garlic, black pepper, basil]), mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, nonfat milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of: spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid. may contain less than 2% of sodium ascorbate), oregano.

Other products containing Citric Acid. May Contain Less Than 2% Of Sodium Ascorbate

Citric Acid. May Contain Less Than 2% Of Sodium Ascorbate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee near Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni mini pizza bagels, pepperoni's 3 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0075450150735: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.